The Parks by Liliani Anggraeni Junaedi
Preface While most people go to park for their activities such as: jogging, fishing, cycling, relaxing, etc. I am attracted by something else which people cannot see it obviously. If you really look carefully, you will find interesting things that you possibly never see before. After I did this journey, I became more interested about nature. Because I get to know further about nature and how it looks when you look deeper. Furthermore, nature is very important for human, animals, and plants. It plays main role in life cycle. So I want to share this photography book of my journey in some of Singapore parks to make people feel what I feel about nature and become more concern and appreciate it. Look carefully and you will find. Liliani A. Junaedi, Singapore, 2010 1
Contents 1 Preface 2 Contents 4 Bedok Reservoir Park 12 Bukit Batok Nature Reserve 18 Chinese Garden 32 Pasir Ris Park 38 Pearl’s Hill City Park 48 Sungei Buloh 62 References 2
bedok Reservoir Park
lovely scenery, undisturbed area, leisurely place. 5
Bedok reservoir park open for water sport activities such as wakeboarding, sailing, fishing, canoeing, and kayaking.
This grasshooper was relaxing and enjoying the evening wind at the plant just behind the bridge.
This bait is left alone on the bridge by its owner. We should not do this to keep our park clean.
bukit batok Nature Reserve
memorial place, quiet area, nature walk. 13
This redish leaf beetle is only about 1 cm small. It was keep moving while I capturing it.
chinese Garden
peaceful area, beautiful scenery, pleasant time. 19
“ ” look up
from below
“ ” look down
from above
This fluffy plumpish little bird in Chinese garden was observing the area around it.
&
bud
&
bloom
peeping out
I am not too sure what they are, but they are very interesting. These creatures can be found in the pond.
pasir ris Park
fascinating landscape, tropical greenery, relaxing place. 33
Two love-butterflies, flying and landing together.
pearl’s hill City Park
tranquility, chilling out area, appealing landscape. 39
I guess this turtle is imagining its future. Still a long way to go, fella.
Sungei buloh
back to nature, wildlife, alluring place. 49
During the low tide, this mangroves crab will come out. If they feel insecure, they will go back to their burrow.
You can find this sea shell on the ground when tide is low, but it usually returns to the same tree during high tide. The interesting part, studies shown that this nerite is tree specific.
The estuarine crocodile is coming out during low tide. But not many people will be lucky to see it “sunbathing�. I consider myself very lucky, during my second visit to Sungei Buloh, I saw the crocodile catching some rays for about 1 hour long until it go away.
References “Bedok Reservoir”. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Last revised 15 July. 2010. Accessed 03 Nov. 2010 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Bedok_Reservoir> “Chinese Garden”. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Last revised 29 Sept. 2010. Accessed 03 Nov. 2010 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Chinese_Garden,_Singapore> “Pasir Ris Park”. Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Last revised 31 Aug. 2010. Accessed 03 Nov. 2010 < http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ Pasir_Ris_Park> National Park Board, Singapore. Created 2009. Accessed 05 Nov. 2010 < http://www.nparks.gov.sg/cms/> VirtualTourist. Created 1994. Accessed 05 Nov. 2010 < http://www. virtualtourist.com/> NewAsia, Singapore. Revised 05 Nov. 2010. Accessed 06 Nov. 2010 < http://www.newasia-singapore.com/> Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserved. Accessed 05 Nov. 2010 < http://www. sbwr.org.sg/> Wild Singapore. Created 2003. Accessed 05 Nov. 2010 < http://www. wildsingapore.com/index.html> 62